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diff --git a/man/menu.3x b/man/menu.3x
index 17d6fc12..79613ea5 100644
--- a/man/menu.3x
+++ b/man/menu.3x
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
'\" t
.\"***************************************************************************
-.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2002,2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc. *
+.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2014,2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc. *
.\" *
.\" Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a *
.\" copy of this software and associated documentation files (the *
@@ -27,10 +27,18 @@
.\" authorization. *
.\"***************************************************************************
.\"
-.\" $Id: menu.3x,v 1.19 2006/11/04 18:38:29 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: menu.3x,v 1.24 2017/11/25 20:24:22 tom Exp $
.TH menu 3X ""
+.ie \n(.g .ds `` \(lq
+.el .ds `` ``
+.ie \n(.g .ds '' \(rq
+.el .ds '' ''
+.de bP
+.ie n .IP \(bu 4
+.el .IP \(bu 2
+..
.SH NAME
-\fBmenu\fR - curses extension for programming menus
+\fBmenu\fR \- curses extension for programming menus
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fB#include
\fR
.br
@@ -43,7 +51,7 @@ menus, display menus on the screen, and handle interaction with the user.
The \fBmenu\fR library uses the \fBcurses\fR libraries, and a curses
initialization routine such as \fBinitscr\fR must be called before using any of
these functions. To use the \fBmenu\fR library, link with the options
-\fB-lmenu -lcurses\fR.
+\fB\-lmenu \-lcurses\fR.
.
.SS Current Default Values for Item Attributes
.
@@ -166,28 +174,33 @@ System error occurred (see \fBerrno\fR).
.TP 5
.B E_UNKNOWN_COMMAND
The menu driver code saw an unknown request code.
-.SH SEE ALSO
-\fBcurses\fR(3X) and related pages whose names begin "menu_" for detailed
-descriptions of the entry points.
.SH NOTES
The header file \fB\fR automatically includes the header files
\fB\fR and \fB\fR.
.PP
In your library list, libmenu.a should be before libncurses.a; that is,
-you want to say `-lmenu -lncurses', not the other way around (which would
-usually give a link-error).
+you should say \*(``\-lmenu \-lncurses\*('', not the other way around
+(which would give a link-error when using static libraries).
.SH PORTABILITY
These routines emulate the System V menu library. They were not supported on
Version 7 or BSD versions.
+.PP
+The menu facility was documented in SVr4.2 in
+\fICharacter User Interface Programming (UNIX SVR4.2)\fP.
+.PP
+It is not part of X/Open Curses.
+.PP
+Aside from ncurses, there are few implementations:
+.bP
+systems based on SVr4 source code, e.g., Solaris.
+.bP
+NetBSD curses.
.SH AUTHORS
Juergen Pfeifer. Manual pages and adaptation for ncurses by Eric
S. Raymond.
.SH SEE ALSO
+\fBcurses\fR(3X) and related pages whose names begin \*(``menu_\*(''
+for detailed descriptions of the entry points.
+.PP
This describes \fBncurses\fR
version @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@ (patch @NCURSES_PATCH@).
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